Short Summary

Tributes form throughout Ethiopia -- and from all over the world -- poured into Addis Ababa on Monday (July 23) when Emperor Haile Selassie celebrated his 81st birthday.

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Tributes form throughout Ethiopia -- and from all over the world -- poured into Addis Ababa on Monday (July 23) when Emperor Haile Selassie celebrated his 81st birthday.

While the anniversary was being marked in Ethiopia as a national holiday, the Emperor appeared to the people in Addis Ababa -- saluting from the balcony of the Grand Palace to acknowledge the greetings of thousands of people gathered outside. Later he received members of the Imperial family, cabinet ministers and other VIPs at the Grand Palace.